Marwell Wildlife My Monthly Updates 2011 #1

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When I visited Marwell two weeks ago, the siamangs were singing well in the morning from the top of their enclosure (in other words, at the top of the fake tree, which supports the netting). When I looked at them again in the afternoon they were carrying their food across the ground to climb up the fake tree again: so I think they might appreciate further climbing opportunities.

Alan
 
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I see a couple of other poles in the background too, though whether these are also new I don't know.

I believe Siamangs normally only 'sing' in the morning, and not every day either- except probably at places such as Twycross where there is a lot of stimulus from others nearby.
 
mhale said:
A few observations from today's visit to Marwell:

1) The female giant anteater has arrived this week - I was told she is called Inti and came from Denmark. I saw both her and Ernesto in their respective enclosures
2) It looks like the enclosure alongside the secretary birds (currently empty) is being prepared for some inhabitants as there is green netting around the rear fence and some troughs and a small shelter in the enclosure
3) The mara have moved out of the enclosure next to the okapi paddock - this is purely a guess on my part, but I wondered if they were going into the enclosure mentioned above
4) The potto enclosure has now been covered with educational boards (see attached photo)
5) The male cheetah (Turkus) was in the enclosure with the fake rock (and he chose to sit on it) and one of the females (Juba) was in the adjoining enclosure on her own - I believe her sister Suki may have been in the end enclosure (I didn't see her because the fences are blacked-out), as Juba was patrolling the fence line between those two enclosures and appeared to be looking for her
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Inti and Ernesto are now in the same enclosure and are said to be doing well. She arrived from Aalborg.
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Some observations from yesterday's visit to Marwell:

1) Sadly, the flamingo chick Moja has died - this is especially sad as he was the only flamingo chick ever born at Marwell
2) Another death is that of Ronaldo the Brazilian tapir, whilst his mate Summer has just given birth to their son (as advised by Nisha) who is to be named Little Ronny in his honour
3) Emperor tamarins have moved into the enclosure opposite the fossas which was previously inhabited by the golden-headed lion tamarins
4) Golden-headed lion tamarins have moved into the enclosure adjacent to the saki monkeys which was previously inhabited by the golden lion tamarins - I'm not sure whether golden lion tamarins are still in the collection
5) Another set of cotton-top tamarin twins have recently been born
6) There is definitely still an anoa in the Life in the Trees exhibit, because he was outside on my visit
7) Over 100 partula snails have arrived - a notice says they are 50% of the world's population
8) The aviary that housed the peach-faced lovebirds is now empty
9) The small enclosure at the entrance to Encounter Village that housed some of the chipmunks has been dismantled as they are now all together in one enclosure
10) The Madagascan teals are now in the small off-show area between the Stanley cranes and the Southern ground hornbills
11) Two more scimitar-horned oryx calves have been born
 
I may be missing something, but have Marwell's pygmy hippos left the collection, they're listed as a former holding on zootierliste and I was just curious as to whether this is a mistake or if anybody knows anything else?
 
mhale said:
The saddleback tamarin is definitely correct (see photo in link below from the brief time he was on show). I don't know about the brushtail possum.

http://www.zoochat.com/209/red-mantled-tamarin-marwell-wildlife-2-a-172173/
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Oh wow - thanks for sharing :)

Does anybody know why it was taken off-show? Zootierliste states it's a single animal so it can't be anything to do with breeding - is this one of the 'stressy' callitrichid species like pied tamarins?

Considering callitrichids are a personal favourite, it goes without saying that I would have loved to have seen it and I wonder if it could ever go on-show in the future?
 
From Marwell's Facebook page..

It is with great sadness that we have to announce the sudden and unexpected death of one of our snow leopard cubs.
Kitana, who was six-months-old, began to show signs of illness on Wednesday December 14.
The vet was called immediately, but her health deteriorated rapidly and we could not save her.
Post mortem results show that Kitana had suffered from an intestinal torsion, which proved to be fatal.
James Cretney, Chief Executive of Marwell Wildlife said: “The death of Kitana is a great loss to everyone at Marwell Wildlife, especially our keepers and the veterinary team who have worked closely with the cubs over the last 6 months.
“Sadly, wild animals often hide their symptoms very well and she gave no obvious indication to keeping staff that she was unwell until Wednesday morning.
“Unfortunately the speed of deterioration made treatment impossible. With what we now know, any attempt at treatment would very likely have been unsuccessful.”
Kitana and her siblings Kamala and Kadhir were born in June and live with mum Irina and dad Indeever at the park.
 
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